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Haiti
Election 2010
Parties begin
plans for early
voting efforts
By Tyler.Kingkade
iowastatedaily.com
Michael Vander Ploeg, background right, senior in architecture-professional degree, and Drew Isbell, foreground right, play a hand
game with some children during bible school. Courtesy photo: Tom Fraser
Benevolent effort
Students craft
community
from devastation
By Tessa.Callender
iowastatedaily.com
It’s been a little more than
eight months since Haiti was
hit by the largest earthquake
the country had experienced
in 250 years. While reconstruction continues, ISU students are helping make a difference in unique ways.
Design
Across
Boundaries, a disaffiliated
nonprofit group of individuals, is using the skills and talents of its members who are
architecture majors, to create a community center in La
Croix, Haiti.
To help carry out their
project, DAB, which defines
itself as “a group of individuals concerned with providing
architectural design to people
in crisis regions around the
world,” traveled to Haiti from
Aug. 2 to 9. Eight members of
DAB went on the trip in addition to one faculty member
and interior design professional from New York.
The members teamed up
with Hope On The Horizon
youth mission in La Croix,
Haiti, to develop a community center.
The center is uniquely
intended to be made out of
shipping containers, and will
include a day care, women’s
care facility, media room, library and resource center,
equipment storage area, office space for the foundation,
and educational services to
more than 60 children and
young adults. The facility
will be surrounded by a large
playground.
The Salt Company, which
sent a group over to the same
mission in Haiti during
Spring Break, got a chance to
start on the soccer field and
basketball court that will be
available for the children.
DAB hopes to complete its
project by the spring 2012.
Behind the Scenes
The story of DAB’s beginnings can be traced back to
Silentor Esthil-Henderson, a
recent graduate of Iowa State
and Haiti-native.
It all started when DAB
member, Kristen O’Brien,
met Esthil-Henderson in her
listening class this past fall.
One day he sat by her and
referred to himself as the
“Prince of Haiti” upon first
mentioning his work to her.
“My responses consisted
of many one-word answers
as I was trying to get rid of
this guy who just kept talking
about himself,” O’Brien said.
“When I’d run into him outside of class, his friends would
be like, ‘Did he try to pull the
Haiti thing?’”
This made her very unsure if he was lying to her
the entire time about being
Haitian. He continued to
sit by her in class every day.
Still skeptical of his stories,
O’Brien then saw an article
in the Iowa State Daily about
him.
Esthil-Henderson
was
born in Haiti and experienced
poverty first-hand. When he
was 7 years old, he was unable
to walk and given six months
to live.
Tommy Henderson, a
missionary from Iowa, adopted him from Haiti. After
receiving medical care,
Esthil-Henderson was able
to start going to school in fifth
grade. He was rescued out of
a life with no resources and
entered a new world full of
opportunities.
Esthil-Henderson coor-
dinates Hope on the Horizon
Youth Services and is always
trying to better his fellow
Haitians, especially those
in the communities he had
left behind 13 years ago and
has a vision to build the children in his village a place
where “learning never stops.”
He is now currently teaching in Miami in an intercity Haitian and AfricanAmerican school, giving his
all to not only help abroad, but
also in the U.S.
After realizing how profound and inspiring this man
was, O’Brien is really glad that
he willingly spewed his life
story on to her. “It has turned
out to be an amazing thing,”
she said. O’Brien even thinks
it ‘must have been fate.’”
When the earthquake hit
Haiti, DAB’s members asked
how it could get involved.
Their group started fund raising efforts, but O’Brien also
immediately
remembered
her passionate friend that sat
by her in class the previous
semester.
“It worked out perfect,”
O’Brien said.
DAB was looking for a way
to get involved and it just so
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Engineering
Program celebrates 50 years
By Ben.Theobald
iowastatedaily.com
The 50th anniversary of the construction engineering program at Iowa
State continues its celebration Friday,
when three individuals will be inaugurated into the Construction Engineering
Hall of Fame.
Tom Jellinger, the program’s founder,
will be one of the three individuals inaugurated at the banquet Friday night.
Jellinger started Iowa State’s construction engineering program in the fall
of 1960.
At the time, he was an assistant professor of architecture and architectural
engineering.
Jellinger was in charge of constructing and developing a curriculum by the
Master Builders of Iowa, an industry of
building contractors.
MBI played a large part in the conception of the program and provided funding
for it as well, said Edward Jaselskis, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and head of the 50th
anniversary of the construction engineering program.
“This program began because of a
need for engineers specialized in the field
of construction,” Jaselskis said.
Jellinger was the first professor in
charge of the construction engineering
program at Iowa State.
Election day is still 40 days
off, but Iowa’s two political
parties think they can get the
job done before then.
Iowa Democrats have put a
lot of energy behind early voting. Secretary of State John
Mauro told supporters voting
day is not Nov. 2, but rather
begins Sept. 23 — the first day
in Iowa people are allowed to
vote early.
Democrats have a nearly
three to one advantage in requests for absentee ballots so
far, according to the Secretary
of State office. But this year,
reported absentee ballots in
Polk, Linn, Scott and Johnson
counties are down from 2006
levels.
“The university offered me courses
so we started an outline of a curriculum,
getting students and figuring out what
the hell we were doing,” Jellinger said. “It
started with building construction then
went to construction engineering and
established a licensing of construction.”
Jellinger said that in the beginning
there wasn’t anybody registered as a construction engineer.
“Iowa State was the first one in the
country to have a degree in construction
engineering,” Jellinger said. “It led the
way in a lot of things.”
There are approximately 400 construction engineering students in the
program, making it the largest in the
nation. The construction engineering
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Carver
Testing center
tackles long lines,
augments schedule
By Abigail.Barefoot
iowastatedaily.com
The LAS Online Testing
Center in Carver, has been
overflowing with students,
leading to long lines and new
hours.
The LAS testing center
extended its hours Friday.
The doors are now locked at
5:30 p.m. and exams must be
submitted no later than 6 p.m.
Prior to Friday, the testing center was open until 4 p.m. on
Fridays.
David Bull, manager for
the LAS online testing center, said the new hours will be
permanent for this fall and will
be revaluated for the spring semester. In fall 2009, 50 courses
used the testing center; in fall
2010 there are 57 courses.
While it is only an increase
of seven courses, some of the
classes are large lectures with
more than 200 students, Bull
said.
In the fall, the center distributed more than 35,000
tests, and this year they are
anticipating more than 50,000
tests.
“While this is just the LAS
testing center,” Bull said. “I
think that it is going on campus-wide and we will see more
of this continuous growth.”
Bull said there are many
reason for the push for professors to do their testing online.
One reason is the ability to
save paper; another part of ISU
live green practices, which is
a valuable tool with the growing number of students on
campus.
For professors using the
online testing center, this allows for automatic grading,
giving students faster feedback on how they did on a test.
Using the testing services online also allows professors to
spend more time teaching and
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Philanthropy
Greek chapters
utilize Facebook
for promotions
By Kayla.Schantz
iowastatedaily.com
Thomas Jellinger, of Bella Vista, talks to Doug and Peg Powell, of Ames, during
construction engineering’s 50th anniversary celebration Thursday at the ISU Alumni
Center. Thomas Jellinger started the construction engineering program in 1960. Photo:
Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily
The IDP responded they
are focusing on unlikely voters for early voting this year
like they did in 2008, whereas in 2006 they focused on
likely voters. This is similar
to the route they followed in
2002, and saw an Iowa record
242,357 participate in early
voting sending Tom Vilsack
into a second term as governor.
The IDP also launched
a
website
this
week,
IowaVotesEarly.com,
devoted to helping people find
out how to vote early and request absentee ballots. Iowa
Democratic Party chairwoman Sue Dvorsky said it’s an
attempt to capitalize on technology while continuing traditional practices.
Online social networks,
such as Facebook and Twitter,
are not only used as a way to
stay connected to friends and
share pictures, they are being used as advertising tools
to promote local events, such
as philanthropies in the greek
community.
Katie Mott, assistant director of Greek Affairs and a former member of the ISU greek
community from 2001 to
2004, said that while she was
a student, philanthropies were
advertised from members going to other chapter houses
informing them of the event,
as well as using fliers and word
of mouth.
Today, while these dinner
announcements are still used,
Facebook is now the main
source of information, taking
the place of other marketing
strategies used in the past.
“I think it’s ... more organized,” Mott said. “It gives
the chapter more of an idea of
how many people to expect,
and they can reach a lot more
people.”
Many fraternities and
sororities create events on
Facebook, with details such
as the time, location, cost, description of the activities or
food that will be provided, and
the cause the proceeds will
benefit. Chapters can then
open it to the public online and
invite their friends to see the
page and RSVP to the event.
Acacia Root Beer Floats,
which raises money for Pages
of Promise to send textbooks
to libraries and universities in
Africa, had a Facebook event
promoting the philanthropy
two weeks in advance.
Derek Robison, sophomore
in elementary education and
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Wind gusts around 25
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down late.
MADRID:
Spain’s Culture ministry said
experts at the Prado art museum have positively identified
a previously unknown masterpiece by 16th-century Flemish
painter Pieter Bruegel the
Elder. Culture Minister Angeles
Gonzalez Sinde says the government is negotiating to buy “The
Wine of St. Martin’s Day” from
a private Spanish collection so
it can be put on display at the
Prado. Gonzalez Sinde declined
Thursday to say how much has
been offered. But Spain’s El Pais
newspaper reported the painting
could fetch as much as euro
25 million if sold to the private
sector. She said the owners of
the collection did not know it
was a Bruegel when it was sent
to the Prado for restoration and
examination by experts.
Decent chance of light
showers throughout the
day.
Sunny day with light winds
as moisture clears.
Calendar
FRIDAY
FRIDAY
Men’s Hockey
When:
7:30 p.m.
What:
Iowa State vs. University of Central
Oklahoma
Where:
Ames/ISU Ice Arena,
1507 Gateway Hills
Park Drive
SUB Live Music:
When:
9:00 p.m.
What:
Empires, with Modern Day Satire. A
Chicago-based band
specializing in mashups with hip-hop and
indie rock.
Where:
Maintenance Shop,
Memorial Union
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
Volleyball
When:
2 p.m.
What:
Iowa State vs. Oklahoma.
Where:
Ames High School
Football
When:
6 p.m.
What:
Iowa State University
vs. Northern Iowa.
Where:
Jack Trice Stadium
GEORGIA:
EXPERIMENT: Unusual sight on campus
Emily Royer and Nick Royer, of Ames High School, both inside a refridgerator box, conduct an
experiment Thursday on Central Campus for Nick’s AP Psychology class. They were testing
people’s reactions toward the out-of-the-ordinary. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily
BRAZIL:
SUNDAY
Buck Bowling
When:
noon to 10 p.m.
What:
$1 bowling, $ 1 shoes
and $1 soda.
Where:
Underground, Memorial Union
COLOR GUARD: Practicing flags indoors
Katherine Chen, junior in animal science, practices with the rest of the ISU Cyclone Football
“Varsity” Marching Band Color Guard on Thursday inside Forker. The rehearsal was moved inside
due to rain. The marching band has had to spend multiple days inside this week because of the
rain. Photo: Kelsey Kremer/Iowa State Daily
Entertainment news
Ellen, Tyra top list
SUNDAY
Forbes lists top-earning
women in prime-time TV
ISU’s Project Runway
with Emilio Sosa
When:
8 p.m.
What:
The sixth annual
Project Runway at
Iowa State. Up to 20
teams will create
garments that will be
revealed at a runway
walk and judging
Where:
Great Hall, Memorial
Union
By Mark Marino
CNN Wire Service
Her job as a judge on “American Idol” may
not have worked out, but it’s unlikely that
Ellen DeGeneres is singing the blues. That
gig helped the comedian land the top spot
on Forbes’s list of Prime-Time TV’s 10 TopEarning Women.
According to Forbes, DeGeneres raked
in an estimated $55 million between June 1,
2009, and June 1, 2010, thanks to her stint on
“Idol,” ads for American Express, CoverGirl
and Vitamin Water, and daytime talk show.
Coming in at No. 2 is Tyra Banks, who
banked $25 million within the same time
frame. Besides producing and appearing on
“The Tyra Banks Show” and “America’s Next
Top Model,” Banks also produced ABC’s reality show “True Beauty” and recently signed
a deal to release a teen book series called
“Modelland.”
Former “Grey’s Anatomy” star Katherine
Heigl comes in third with a cool $15.5 million,
owing much to her movies. Because of hits like
“Knocked Up” and “27 Dresses,” Heigl, who
co-stars with Josh Duhamel in the upcoming
dramedy “Life As We Know It,” now commands $12 million per picture.
Rounding out the rest of the list:
Eva Longoria Parker, $12 million; Marg
Helgenberger, $10 million; Mariska Hargitay,
$9.5 million; Tina Fey, $7.5 million; Ellen
Pompeo and Marcia Cross, tie at $7 million; and Jennifer Love Hewitt and Calista
Flockhart, $6.5 million.
Too sexy for kids’ show?
Corrections
A photo used with a story in yesterday’s Daily, “No. 10
Cyclones defeat Baylor,” incorrectly identified ISU volleyball
player Victoria Henson as “Hanson.” The Daily regrets the
error.
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after parents reportedly complained the star’s outfit revealed a bit too much of her
cleavage.
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Singer-songwriter Chester
“Lyfe” Jennings was sentenced
to three years in prison after
pleading guilty to charges stemming from a high-speed police
chase that ended in a crash. The
37-year-old Jennings pleaded
guilty Wednesday to driving
under the influence, fleeing
and attempting to elude police,
possession of a firearm by a
convicted felon and discharging a weapon near a street.
Jennings was arrested in
Smyrna on Oct. 19, 2008. Police
said Jennings had a dispute with
the mother of his children, Joy
Bounds, and fired shots into the
house where he thought she
was staying before fleeing from
police. The R&B singer’s most
recent album, “I Still Believe,”
was released this year. Jennings
served 10 years in prison after
being convicted of arson in Ohio
in 1992
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athletes, actors, musicians
and artists. Sesame Street
has always been written on
two levels, for the child and
adult.”
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to grab the interest of
adults “because we know
that a child learns best
when co-viewing with a
parent or care-giver. We
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opinions and particularly
those of parents,” the statement went on.
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we’ve received on the Katy
Perry music video which
was released on YouTube
only, we have decided we
will not air the segment on
the television broadcast
of Sesame Street, which is
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A movie about the life of
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva has been picked
as the country’s candidate in the
best foreign film at the Oscars.
“Lula, the Son of Brazil,” shows
the trajectory of Brazil’s first
working class president, from
his poor childhood to his days
as a union leader, just before
he became one of the most
important figures in Brazil’s
political history. The movie is
directed by Fabio Barreto. The
final nominees for best foreign
film at the Academy Awards
will be announced in January.
A commission which includes
members of Brazil’s Ministry of
Culture and independent filmmakers announced the selection
on Thursday.
NEW YORK:
First lady Michelle Obama will
symbolically pull the switch
turning Nickelodeon and its
sister networks off for three
hours Saturday, part of its annual effort to encourage children
to go out and play. In a taped
message, the first lady tells
Nick viewers to “get ready to
shut down your computers, put
down your cell phones and turn
off your TVs.” The tape will air
at noon (Eastern time) Saturday.
Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, Nick
Jr. and TeenNick will then go off
the air for the Worldwide Day of
Play. Fans can’t simply switch to
their computers; each network’s
corresponding website will go
dark, too. Nick has contributed time for public service
announcements for Michelle
Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign
to combat childhood obesity, and
is donating $50,000 to schools
and community groups.
SARAJEVO,
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
Angelina Jolie has chosen
young Bosnian actress Zana
Marjanovic for the lead role
in her directorial debut — a
wartime love story between a
Bosnian woman and a Serbian
man. Marjanovic told the
Associated Press on Thursday
that the screenplay was “fabulous” and she could not wait to
start shooting with such a “great
actress and humanist” like Jolie
The 27-year-old actress said
she was on her way to Hungary
to prepare for the film shoot
beginning later this year and
take place both in Hungary and
Bosnia. Jolie has visited Bosnia
twice this year — as UNHCR
good will ambassador and
to scout for her movie — and
had promised she would cast
only actors from the region.
Marjanovic became known after
her prominent role in award winning “Snow” by Bosnian director
Aida Begic.
UNITED NATIONS:
Delegates from the United
States and other nations
walked out of the U.N. General
Assembly on Thursday as
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery
speech.
Tension in the hall grew as the
Iranian leader recounted various
conspiracy theories about the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and
Washington.
“Some segments within the U.S.
government orchestrated the
attack,” Ahmadinejad told the
General Assembly. “The majority
of the American people, as well
as most nations and politicians
around the world, agree with
this view.”
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happened Esthil-Henderson’s nonprofit group, HOTH Youth Services,
had it in its plans to build a youth
community center in La Croix in the
near future — right up their alley, especially major-wise.
After getting in contact with
Esthil-Henderson’s story, their goal
became to help him fulfill his vision.
“My vision for the children in
Haiti is for them to realize that they
are part of a world and to not be ignorance of it. Helping them realize
they are as important as anyone else
by giving them the tools to strive for
a life-long life. This will only happen
if we can educate their finite mind.
I want them to believe they too can
overcome the dearth they are fighting today,” Esthil-Henderson said. “I
want them to live and let live.”
“I believe Kristen already had a
heart for helping others,” he said. “I
was just lucky to have had a listening
class with her and she ended up listening with her heart.”
Esthil-Henderson said he did not
make it alone and cannot help Haiti
alone, but with groups such as DAB
and anyone else that “wants to take
up this challenge” with him, he will be
able to.
Though Esthil-Henderson sees
DAB helping him to fulfill his own
vision, DAB members see this blessing he has given them to be fulfilling
theirs.
“We never dreamed we would be
given the opportunity that we have
now,” said Michael Vander Ploeg,
DAB member. “It is a dream come
true for many of us.”
Setting the Stage
DAB started meeting right away
in February, and met several times
to understand more of what Esthil-
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program has been declared the
top program in the nation by the
Gourman Report.
Iowa State construction engineering graduates are estimated
to make up more than half of
the total graduates in programs
across the country, Jahren said.
“More than 2,000 graduates
for our program are in construction engineering,” said Charles
Jahren, associate professor of
construction engineering.
Assignments are very realistic, it ties back to Tom Jellinger
who was a realistic architect,
Friday, September 24, 2010 | Iowa State Daily | NEWS | 3
Henderson’s vision was and discussed the culture and life in Haiti,
which it allowed to have an impact on
their design.
For the remainder of the spring
semester, DAB continued design
work on the community center.
“After several weekly meetings
conducted over the spring semester,
we developed a design and almost
overnight, produced additional project models and renderings,” said
Jasmine Singh, member of DAB. “The
most difficult times often yield to the
most fulfilling moments.”
By the time Esthil-Henderson
was getting ready to graduate in May,
the group’s ideas had evolved progressively and he suggested to meet with
his father and mission leader, Pastor
Pierre — who runs the mission in La
Croix and owns the land they were
planning on building on — to see if
they thought it was a project to move
forward with.
Esthil-Henderson’s father and
Pastor Pierre loved the design idea
and suggested DAB come to Haiti to
make it happen.
“We had no idea the design would
be so successful,” O’Brien said. “We
were sold, to say the least.”
“The most enjoyable part was presenting the project to the people of
La Croix and seeing their faces light
up as they imagined the possibility
of what their town could become by
incorporation this program,” Vander
Ploeg said.
DAB bought the plane tickets and
then met weekly during the summer
to continue designing and planning
for the trip. It realized initially there
was lot in the design left unplanned,
so it collaboratively decided the trip
in August would be mainly to fill the
blanks it had about the culture and
life in Haiti as well as to get a better
feel for Esthil-Henderson’s vision.
which is a continuing tradition at
Iowa State, Jahren said. Students
in the program have utilized their
trade recently to aid in Iowa flood
relief.
“Construction
students
did service projects rebuilding
homes in Cedar Rapids after the
floods,” Jahren said. “We have
great faculty and students.”
Jaselskis is proud of the accomplishments the program has
achieved, and is excited for its
future.
“It is the best program hands
down,” Jaselskis said. “It will
go on to succeed over the next
50 years because it’s built on a
“A major part of the trip was to test
the feasibility of our design against
what materials and resources were
actually available down there to make
the building happen, but most importantly we wanted to spend the time
getting to know the community, and
the culture,” O’Brien said.
Finishing Touches
“The most difficult task was of
course designing for a place we had
never been, never experienced, knew
only through brief discussions with
Silentor and Google Earth images,”
O’Brien said. “We could do all of the
research we wanted on the climate of
Haiti, it’s history, traditional building
practices, and so forth, but to really
understand the drive behind the design, and the purpose of Silentor’s vision which was specific to his village,
Haiti had to become real to us.”
After the earthquake had hit Haiti,
many homes and buildings had been
destroyed. With that being said, one
of DAB’s goals was to develop a building that would be structurally sound,
while still being sustainable and economically feasible.
The problem with the buildings
when the earthquake hit was the
fact that they were all mostly made
out of concrete blocks. DAB brought
back a sample of concrete that went
down in the earthquake to test its
strength. They found out that the
sample’s strength was five-times
less than what you need to have. It
only held 500 pounds-per-squareinch, while concrete blocks used for
buildings should be around 3,000
pounds-per-square-inch.
The club has to find sand in Haiti
and do not measure the ingredients
they put into their concrete — they
virtually just “eye-ball” it and then use
what they have.
In that respect DAB came up with
strong, tested foundation.”
Jaselskis said another reason it will succeed relates to the
steadfast support by its industry
and alumni as well as the department, college and university.
“Tom Jellinger is the main
reason we are here,” Jaselskis
said. “The many traditions we
have today are because of him.”
The celebration will continue
through Friday and Saturday,
with a golf tournament, engineering campus tours, dedication
of the Thomas and Ro Jellinger
Laboratory and tailgating for the
UNI football game beginning at 3
p.m. Saturday.
a very unique proposal to use shipping containers as their main building module.
After the group did some research,
it found out that currently there are
more than 7,000 surplus shipping
containers throughout the ports in
Haiti, and more are coming in each
day. They are already structurally
sound, cheaper, more sustainable and
more convenient for building purposes due to the fact they are easier to cut
into, you can stack them and they are
practically already built.
“There has been a lot of recent
exploration with ‘container architecture,’ but not many concrete ideas,
so we had to design every component from the inside out,” said Jason
Kruse, member of DAB.
By applying a new design strategy with using shipping containers
it allows for their group to have the
opportunity to teach responsible
building practices and opens up the
community to more sustainable reusage ideas as well as a new line of
construction methodology. However,
one of their goals was that it “wanted
to teach the culture, but not change
the culture,” said Scott Meade, DAB
member.
“Designing for a place that is
vastly different than where we live or
anywhere we have designed for was
an incredible challenge,” said Tom
Fraser, DAB member. “You have to
put aside all preconceptions about
building methods, materials, systems,
available tradesmen-everything. It’s a
completely different ball game.”
DAB plans to purchase seven shipping containers. Each ISO container
is approximately 40-by-300 square
feet and is already resistant to insects,
fires, earthquakes and hurricanes.
Though DAB plans to put in
bleachers around the soccer field so
spectators can watch and hold tour-
naments with other near-by teams,
it is going to make it so there is good
patio space so people can watch from
on the building as well.
At times it can reach a 115-degree
heat index, therefore in their design
they are also planning for shading devices that look like bed sheets. These
will not only protect people from the
heat, but will collect water for the
community.
By the end of the semester the
group hopes to have a complete set
of construction documents for the
building and hopefully begin construction during winter break. DAB
would like to complete the first level
by next summer.
“As far as design goes, each person brought something unique to the
table,” Meade said. “It was really a
collaborative effort and that’s what
makes this project so unique and
hopefully so successful.”
DAB also hopes to bring a wide
range of other disciplines into the
project besides architecture, including engineering, landscape design, agriculture, agronomy and horticulture.
“It’s very rare that designers get a
chance to create and take part in tangible projects at the ages we are at,”
Fraser said. “To do this under mostly
our own organization makes the nectar that much sweeter.”
“Not only is this a design-build
project, which, by the sheer nature
of it is very exciting-to see a project
manifest itself into reality, is quite
an accomplishment for individuals still engaged in academia,” Singh
said, “but also by the circumstance
and the site location in which we plan
to build-this community center is
bound to reinforce this community
by empowering the youth.”
“And that is exactly what Haiti
needs: education and discipline at the
grassroots.”
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valuable resource.
While Bull said he hasn’t heard much
response from students using the webcam, he believes it will become popular
with the growth of the center.“It makes it
easier for students to pick a time to take a
test,” Bull said. To check out the webcam
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Editors: Jason Arment & Edward Leonard
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Editorial
Leonard vs. Stoffa
Father’s actions
lamentable,
yet still justifiable
James Jones is a father of a middleschool girl with cerebral palsy. Other than
this, he’s a pretty average guy. He works for a
living and loves his family, and until recently
had no police record.
Jones has been charged with public disorderly conduct and interrupting a school
function, causing a national debate.
Last week, Jones was caught on a school
bus security tape boarding the bus, screaming obscenities and threatening the children. The question is: Why?
Jones was protecting his daughter. His
special needs daughter, 11 years old and
starting middle school, was the victim of
bullying — and not just bullying of the “Foureyes! Four-eyes! You need glasses to see!”
chanting, sticks and stones variety. This was
severe bullying. Jones’ daughter had been
coming to him crying and traumatized.
Her fellow classmates, the children who
she had hoped would be her friends, had
been taunting her, hitting her and, allegedly,
even throwing condoms at her. A girl with
cerebral palsy.
So James boarded the bus. He scared the
kids. He told his daughter to point out which
ones had hurt her, and he screamed his justifiably enraged head off. He told them, albeit
less tactfully, to stay the hell away from his
daughter or there would be consequences.
During the past few days, he has been the
object of national spectacle, with just about
every news organization after him. There
have been child psychologists out the wazoo
analyzing his actions, picking the situation
apart and expounding their wisdom on why
we should follow the by-the-book methods
of dealing with bullying.
The expert opinion is that this was not
handled correctly. He probably should have
talked to the school and seen if it could be
cleared up on their end. The school should
have had some sort of assembly and put the
children through another formulaic lecture
on why bullying is not OK and why you
should never just stand by and watch. He
shouldn’t have boarded the bus.
So it’s clear he went overboard. Maybe he
shouldn’t have been swearing at a bus-load
of 11-year-olds and threatening their lives,
but as reasons for something like that go,
his was pretty good. The experts have their
theories about what to do when confronted
with a schoolyard bully, what schools should
do to prevent it and how bullies should be
dealt with.
But put yourself in his shoes. You have
just been told that your special needs daughter is having condoms thrown at her head
simply because she’s an easy target. Clearly
the standardized, expert-approved methods
aren’t working. We’d be pretty pissed too.
While his theatrics may have been just
a bit over the top, Jones did the right thing.
You can psychoanalyze all you want about
the child’s needing to feel “in control,” as
child psychologist Michael Bradley put it.
But the special-needs middle schooler
is the butt of every joke. As he saw it, his
daughter was suffering and he wasn’t going
to stand by. Sitting her down with a “now
sweetie” talk about not being a bystander or
“just ignoring them” was no longer a viable
option.
Parents today are afraid of their kids.
They don’t want an awkward conversation,
so they push sex education in elementary
schools. They blame bad grades on teachers
and their methods.
They simply don’t care enough to get involved. In an age of parental apathy, should
we really be punishing someone who actually gets involved in the life of his child?
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Column battle:
Comic books
Edward Leonard: Marvel’s heroes retain a raw humanity
W
hat’s the meaning
of life? Did some
superior being create us? Or are we just a product
of chance? These are some of
the great questions, but beyond
a doubt, the greatest question of
our day is, “Marvel, or DC?”
It’s no easy question. While
DC was around a few years
earlier, they have both been
supplying entertaining and intellectually stimulating stories
to generations of Americans.
There’s something romantic
about a superhero — a man, to
all appearances ordinary, who
leads a secret life fighting crime
with supernatural powers
bestowed upon him and him
alone. It’s alluring. It’s mysterious. It’s awesome.
But who is better? While
it’s true DC has given us some
of the most iconic superheroes
of all time, such as Superman
and Batman, Marvel is clearly
the superior force shaping the
comic book world.
The question, “Who makes a
better superhero?” comes down
to a simple factor: humanity.
Marvel’s superheroes are simply more relatable. Wolverine
is constantly struggling both
with his lack of memory and his
latent bestial nature — bringing to mind Freud’s “id.” Iron
Man’s human pilot, modeled
after Howard Hughes, has a
well-publicized trainwreck of
a personal life to rival Britney
Spears.
And let’s not forget about
Spider-Man. Here is the ultimately human superhero. Every
day Peter Parker struggles
with his desire to lead a normal
life and the responsibility,
as Spider-Man, to the world.
The Spider-Man saga has put
Parker through everything from
fathering a stillborn child to a
deal with the devil to save his
aunt’s life.
In the DC universe, the
most human character is the
multi-billionaire, super-genius,
strongly driven Batman. Other
than him we have Superman,
the ultimate boy scout, goody
two-shoes, incorruptible model
for everyone else, whose secret
identity can be hidden with
no more than a pair of glasses.
Hardly a guy you’d meet on the
street.
And that’s to say nothing
of the powers given to these
respective superheroes.
While Superman may be the
most overpowered superhero in
history — with the exceptions
of Dr. Manhattan and Martian
Manhunter, both DC — we also
are graced with the amazing
Wonder Woman, with her
super strength — how original
— and an invisible jet.
Then there’s Green Lantern,
whose power is the shinyness
of his ring, and Flash, who can,
wait for it, run really really
fast. Holy lack of excitement,
Batman!
Let’s compare two equivalent characters: Batman and
Iron Man. They’re both billionaire playboys with a knack for
engineering.
Batman is “the world’s
greatest detective,” and is incredibly resourceful and clever,
while Tony Stark pretty much
just shoots things and makes
jokes. Granted, Batman takes
the first-glance judgment, but
let’s look closer.
Both have ultra-advanced,
top-of-the-line equipment for
just about everything. Batman’s
Batwing and Batmobile are
really cool, if unoriginally
named, but Tony Stark’s suit
pretty much takes the cake.
It’s an engineer’s wet dream.
Batarangs have nothing on the
repulsor rays.
OK, so Iron Man’s suit is
better — but what about the
Batcave? That was pretty cool.
But so is Stark Tower. Real estate is about location, location,
location, and as billion-dollar
bachelor pad/secret hideouts
go, a wonder of a skyscraper
next to Columbus circle in
Manhattan is a pretty good
spot — I’d wager probably better
than a cave, the always uplifting
Gotham City.
So there you have it — Iron
Man pretty much has this one,
and so does Marvel, so next
time you’ve got a hankering
for some comics, stop by the
Marvel section, and let’s face it,
you’ve hit the jackpot, tiger.
Gabriel Stoffa: DC delivers heroes who transcend reality
T
he evaluation of superheroes
can cover many considerations:
Physical prowess. Keen deductive
skills. The ability to banter well with super
villains.
Those are points of contention among
the comic-loving crowd; from their inception to their demise, fan-boys will verbally
bash each other about which is better.
One of the biggest questions has long
been: Which is better, Marvel or DC?
To judge, I’ve gone over the stories of
the heroes. What makes them interesting
and what drives fans to collect for reasons
beyond the art?
Without wasting your time with indepth analysis, I’m just going to come out
and say that DC has better superheroes.
I’ll be the first to admit, Marvel’s heroes
have super-cool powers, and their stories
are pretty easy to relate to as they tend to
deal with difficulties real people share.
But then, when I read a comic, I want
drama. I want a Shakespearean episode.
What I don’t want is “Jersey Shore” but
with the X-Men cast.
Superheroes are cut from a stock greater
than normal men. The powers are cool and
all, but the stories around them are the real
draw.
Both companies have their share of lame
filler and villain of the week crap, but that’s
how comic book medium has developed.
The problem is, Marvel’s superheroes
evolved into real-people problems and desires. Their superheroes are sleeping with
each other, getting drunk, going to parties,
dealing with adolescence, all of this, while
trying to save the public from random peril.
I want my superheroes to lead lives
more interesting than mine; not just the
same with power to fly.
Now, DC superheroes do deal with some
of the same stuff, but it resonates; you can
be moved by the stories in DC more than by
Marvel.
The characters in DC are lonely, alcoholic, sexual beings, but when you get down
to the best stories, the ones that really grab
you, there is little contest.
Marvel’s best and most popular — try
“Civil War” — offer super-powered stories
that confront the world we know in a way
that super-intense action movies rock your
senses — kinda like the film “Avatar” for the
most part, but a lot less lame.
DC gives you superheroes whose powers
are secondary as they become lost to the
lives they are forced to lead as heroes — try
“Identity Crisis.” “Godfather” comes to
mind also.
Do you see where I’m going with this?
Marvel superheroes are mostly flashbang, crowd-pleasers that let people step
into their shoes, but lack deeper meaning; a
couple do delve deep, but they are few and
far between.
DC has the same sort of big-boom
confrontations, but tempers them with
the larger than life feel of superherodom.
Thoughts of putting yourself in the hero’s
shoes are more thoughts of how difficult
these situations are.
So, what it all boils down to, for me, is
how the superheroes make me feel.
If I want to fantasize about being a badboy drunk with a penchant for redheads
and cigars, or a guy trying to do the right
thing and swinging from building to building — also with a thing for a redhead — I’ll
try Marvel.
But for something with substance, I’ll
look to the lives of a group of super-powered
folk, folk who have to deal with their loved
ones being murdered, and the betrayal of
finding out that the burden of superhero is
more than the adventure. When I want to
see the desire to do right pushed so far the
characters are just duking it out — characters who are forced to face themselves in
the mirror and just keep doing what they
know, even when it is wrong — I’ll choose
DC.
Marvel’s superheroes are flashy, cool
and suitable for youth and youthful escape
— occasionally with some real story — but
DC can do the same with adult themes that
are above normal life.
That’s the whole of it. DC is more
than superheroes; it is superior-heroes
with cosmic adventures and nitty-gritty
psychology and bittersweet results. Marvel
superheroes, great as they are, rarely get
further than the battle — hanging out at the
entertaining level and relying on a cameo, as
opposed to a true dilemma.
Well, that, and Batman is just plain
cooler than everyone Marvel has.
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Currency
Friday, September 24, 2010 | Iowa State Daily | OPINION | 5
Letters
A penny earned Industry self-regulation adequate
is a penny you’ll
never get rid of
By Morgan.Kuster iowastatedaily.com
S
earch through your
things for a moment;
look around your
apartment, rummage in your
purse a bit, dig deep to the
bottom of your pockets, maybe
between a couple sofa cushions. What do you find? Odds
are you came across one or
more pennies during that little
adventure, so what do you do
with them now?
You could put them in a jar
and when it gets full enough
take them to be redeemed at a
Coinstar, but those machines
charge 8.9 percent of your
total in service fees; which
means if you have $100 worth
of coins, you will only be able
to receive $91.00 of that when
you’re finished.
You could lug them around
in your pockets and purses
all day long hoping you can
use maybe one or two while
checking out of a grocery
store or fast food restaurant,
but that gets heavy and the
constant clanging of change
is annoying. And it’s not like
you can use them in vending
machines.
You could always leave
some in your car with all your
other change and use them
while paying for parking meters — oh wait, no, you can’t do
that either. So what is the great
purpose of the penny?
In the United States we
have money, which is used
to facilitate the exchange of
goods and services. The smallest unit of money we have in
America is the penny, worth a
whopping 1/100 of $1.
A penny in 1972 was worth
what a nickel is worth to-
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day, but because of inflation
our values in American money
have plummeted. I’d like to
point out that it costs the
U.S. Mint 1.7 cents to make a
penny; which means that every year $70 million of federal
tax money goes to subsidizing
the continuation of the penny.
Have you ever heard the
term opportunity cost? It’s an
economic term that basically means any time you are
doing something, you could
be doing something else. Very
important. Several studies
have proven that the time
Americans spend fiddling
with pennies actually costs us
money, as much as $1 billion a
year. So every year, American
taxpayers pay $70 million for
the prospect of losing $1 billion in productivity costs.
That isn’t even the ultimate reason to get rid of the
penny. The ultimate reason
is that, as I said, money exists
to facilitate the exchange of
goods and services, and pennies don’t do that effectively.
Once again the only places
we use change, like parking
meters and vending machines,
don’t even accept pennies.
So should we get rid of the
penny? What would happen
to taxes, the already existing
pennies and all other change
circulating in the world today?
Supporters of the penny
argue that as long as sales taxes and retail prices continue to
be rendered in cents, consumers should not stop using pennies during transactions.
Some challengers of the
penny propose that retail
prices and taxes should be
rounded up or down to the
nearest nickel, thus eradicating the call for pennies as
currency.
As for the already existing
300 billion pennies of the
world, it is difficult to say
what would happen with
them. And the other
forms of small change,
would those, too, lose all
value in the near future?
“A penny saved is a
penny earned.”
If Benjamin
Franklin were alive
today, he might almost
be embarrassed to have
once been quoted saying
that.
If ReAnn Jackson knows hardly a
lick about video games outside of her
brief experience with a companion who
played video games, then why is she publicly promoting a law that would punish
the free and nonviolent association of
customers and businesses?
And why does she want to punish
small businesses, those least capable
of handling a required $1,000 fine,
more than large businesses, those more
capable of brushing off such a fine?
After all, she seems to have it out for big
nus in journalism and mass
communication.
business.
Alas, her complaints are merely
sensationalism, claiming video games
are rampant with violence and sex, or
at least those she focuses on — zomg,
zombie Nazis!
Through the past decade, more than
half of the top-selling video games were
nonviolent. That means fewer were
violent and far fewer involved sex, which
is rarely a main component of any video
game.
Video games sell well without sex,
violence or a mandated sticker. The
current stickers by the Entertainment
Software Rating Board are fine, and they
are a wonderful example of voluntary
regulation.
We should celebrate and improve,
not work against, such peaceful regulation, especially when so many are clamoring in more troublesome industries for
forced regulation.
Speak out about flood plain regulations
Action need be
taken for future
Development in the 500
year flood plain costs the city
of Ames more money than it
receives in revenue.
In the article, “Iowa Cities
State Legislators Opposed
Flood Plain Management
Steps” by the Iowa
Environmental Council on
March 11, there is evidence
that a new plan may have
been available to at least investigate before the flooding
season of 2010.
The plan included two
simple steps:
First, there would be
a development of a model
ordinance for the regulation
of the 500-year flood plain to
assist the city. It would lay out
Christine Rosen is a
senior in criminology and
sociology.
language requirements for
the purchase of flood insurance, place limits on new
development to minimize
future flood damage and
categorize development that
should be prohibited.
It appears that every trailer park in Ames is located in
the flood plain, so thousands
of low-income families are
now battling flood expenses
as well.
Before the floods, these
families were struggling to
get food on the table.
However, now they are
struggling to get food on the
table and make sure their
food does not get ruined by
bacteria brought on by flood
water.
Even small businesses
such as Happy Joe’s Pizza
are forced to shut down
because of flood damage. A
family-owned franchise was
taken away after predicted
devastating floods filled Duff
Avenue.
Large businesses such
as Target and Walmart
also witnessed devastating
damage. Iowa State alone
has more than $40 million in
flood damage so far in 2010,
according to the Des Moines
Register.
With the proposed plan
in March, these damages
probably could not have been
avoided, but for it to be
opposed to even consider a
new plan is astonishing after
witnessing what happened in
2008 and now this year.
Current development
may also be taken out of these
flood areas if the city of Ames
could establish a flood wall
system near heavily developed low lying areas.
While it is uncertain how
much such plans would cost
to implement, it would most
definitely save the city of
Ames millions of dollars and
aid many families within the
next few years.
Stating that there is a possible plan and seeking ways
to fulfill that plan are two
separate things. Someone
needs to step up and make
larger considerations for
such distraught measures.
Ames citizens need to
voice their opinions and be
heard. That is exactly what I
am trying to accomplish, and
I hope it is the start of a new
trend.
Courts
Vander Plaats’ judicial reform
is thinly-disguised pandering
By RJ.Green iowastatedaily.com
B
ob Vander Plaats is a sore loser.
Granted, of course, he only
lost to Terry Branstad in the
Republican primaries by a margin of,
well, Rod Roberts, but it’s hardly surprising that basing an entire campaign on
false pretenses doesn’t translate into
electoral success.
What sorts of false pretenses, you
ask? How about his pledge to “sign an
executive order banning same-sex marriages” once elected?
I’ll get around to his judge-huntin’
via Iowa for Freedom, but let’s back up a
few steps:
Does an executive order trump a
Supreme Court ruling? No.
Somebody must have forgotten to
mention that to ol’ Bobby.
Maybe that slip of the mind is the
kind of convenience you’re afforded
when your target demographic isn’t big
on fact-checking?
See, Torquemada Vander Plaats
wants to spin the Iowa Supreme Court’s
decision regarding gay marriage as an
attack on the freedoms of Iowans, hence
the name.
Apparently, if you’re not free to
discriminate against minorities over the
legality of marriage, next thing you know,
that darn court’s gonna be taking your
guns and your property.
That’s not copping “South Park,”
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either — that’s actually on his website.
Yee-haw.
So, this special-interest crusade
wasn’t formed in a last-ditch attempt
to retain some semblance of political
relevancy.
No, all he wants is your “no” votes
against those judicial activists.
Upholding the notion that refusing to
grant certain citizens marriage licenses
based on sexual orientation is of no
important governmental interest? How
dare they.
Surprise! Notorious B.V.P. also forgot
the retention vote is a mechanism
designed to safeguard against corruption and incompetence on the bench, not
unpopular rulings.
So what do the folks who aren’t
pandering to conservative interests have
to say about this idea? Let’s ask Sandra
Day O’Connor:
“The health of the nation is affected
by the system we use to pick judges ...
as Iowa goes, so goes the nation. I wish
the nation would hurry up and go your
direction.”
Fancy that. She said there’s nothing
wrong with the system. So why bother
changing it?
Simple: Bob Vander Plaats is among
the minority of Iowans who believe they
have a divine prerogative to legislate
their moral values.
I guess the definition of freedom for
these people includes the freedom to
legally discriminate against a specific
minority.
So, their response to this judicial
tyranny — their term for politicizing
the legal system — is to form a specialinterest group to further politicize the
legal system.
I guess if you pontificate loudly
enough, people won’t notice how hypocritical you’re being.
Iowa for Freedom is nothing more
than an anti-gay crusade masquerading as judicial reform in an attempt to
deny the LGBT community the rights
bestowed upon the straight, white, conservative Christian majority.
Since it’s politically incorrect to just
come out and say that, the Vander Plaats
solution is to engineer a coup against the
Iowa Supreme Court.
Not only is its name completely
antithetical to its purpose, it’s also doing
exactly what it claims it’s trying to stop.
It’s like Ghandi starting a war over
pacifism.
Personally, I’ve always treated the
polls as the place where I decide who
gets to waste my tax dollars, not the place
to thump my Bible and tell people how I
think they should live.
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Cyclones prepare for in-state rival
Northern Iowa enters Saturday’s
game as underdog with advantage
of relaxed play, lower expectations
By Jake.Lovett
iowastatedaily.com
From 2003 to 2005, Northern Iowa was 0-3 against Iowa’s
“big two,” Iowa and Iowa State, and was outscored 85-31 in the
three games.
Five years later, though, the Panthers can’t be overlooked.
In its last three games against the two Bowl Subdivision
schools in the state, Northern Iowa — a member of NCAA
Division I’s Championship Subdivision — has gone 1-2, losing by
one point each time.
“They’ve got nothing to lose,” said ISU coach Paul Rhoads on
Monday. “They’re not expected to win, so they come in playing
loose and relaxed, giving it all they’ve got.”
Rhoads said with in-state matchups like this one, players on
the side of the underdog may have a “chip on their shoulder,” feeling slighted by the bigger school that passed on recruiting them.
However, even in games played by out-of-state opponents, the
gap between the top two tiers of Divison I football has seemingly
shrunk.
This season, though, six FBS teams have already lost to FCS
foes. Eight cross-divisional games during the first three weeks of
the season were decided by seven points or less.
“I think it’s increasingly narrowing as football moves forward,” Rhoads said.
Rhoads pointed to early scholarship offers to high school players that can leave late-developing talents without an FBS team
to call their own. FCS schools then can come in and pick up the
leftovers that weren’t available in the past. The Championship
Subdivision gives out 22 fewer scholarships than their Bowl
counterparts.
ISU quarterback Austen Arnaud, an Ames native, said the
high number of UNI players from the state of Iowa makes the
game more interesting because of existing relationships with opposing players.
Northern Iowa’s success during the past decade that has included five appearances in the FCS playoffs: 2001, 2003, 2005,
2007 and 2008. In 2005, the Panthers finished second with a loss
in the FCS championship game.
“They’ve earned enough in the last 10 years to be thrown in the
hat with us and Iowa,” Arnaud said. “To us and to them, they know
they can compete.”
Arnaud’s last performance against Northern Iowa is one to
forget.
In 2007 — the Cyclones’ first year under then-head coach Gene
Chizik — the Panthers came to Ames and left a 24-13 winner.
ISU quarterback Austen Arnaud attempts to avoid Kansas State linebacker Alex Hrebec on Sept. 18 at Arrowhead Stadium. Photo:
Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily
Arnaud, a freshman playing behind quarterback Bret
Meyer, completed two of his
four pass attempts for 15 yards
in his first action at Jack Trice
Stadium.
“Last time they came here,
they beat us. That speaks for
itself,” Arnaud said. “They’re
a good team and they’ve been
good for a long time, so we’re
expecting a dog fight when
they come in on Saturday.”
The UNI defense will be in
the spotlight against an ISU offense — led by Arnaud — that
has been criticized for its pro-
Volleyball
Northern Iowa vs. Iowa’s FBS schools
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
17-10 loss to Iowa State
23-0 loss to Iowa State
45-21 loss to Iowa
28-27 loss to Iowa State
24-13 win over Iowa State
17-16 loss to Iowa
duction. The unit features six
juniors and two seniors.
“They run around really, really good,” Herman said. “They
fly around and make a bunch of
plays. They’re very quick and
fast, and they’re good tacklers,
too.”
The Panthers will start the
game in a base 3-4 set, but will
switch to different formations
and looks throughout the game
to create what Herman called
“confusion by disruption.”
Herman said the offense
will need to quickly identify
the formation and understand
what the defense intends to do
in order to be successful.
“Their technique is good
and they’re well coached.
Their current defensive coordinator has been there awhile,
so the players know what to do
and what to expect,” Arnaud
said.
Northern Iowa started a
freshman and sophomore at
cornerback in its last game,
PANTHERS.p7 >>
Soccer
Team improves defense,
prepares to host Sooners
By Dan.Tracy
iowastatedaily.com
Wednesday night, for the
third consecutive match, the
Cyclones needed to dig themselves out of a hole following a
loss in the first set. What better
way to dig your way back into a
match than, well, dig?
Getting out-dug by 12 to
Baylor after the second set,
coach Christy Johnson-Lynch
challenged her team at the intermission to even up the dig
total. The Cyclones exceeded
Johnson-Lynch’s
expectations, rallying back to defeat
the Bears 3-1 (21-25, 25-20,
25-22, 25-19) and edging out
the third-best digging team in
the country 86-84. The win
improved the No. 10 Cyclones
to 9-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big
12.
“It was kind of weird because when we play other
teams they usually aren’t as
good as us defensively, so it
was kind of a shock for us,”
said junior defensive specialist Caitlin Mahoney. “We were
playing a lot of long rallies so it
was just about winning those
rallies.”
Through three matches
in Big 12 conference play the
Cyclones are averaging 18.7
digs per set up which is up
from 14.7 in the non-conference season.
“It wasn’t our best match
and it wasn’t pretty, but even
though we didn’t play our best,
we can still be proud of coming
out with a win against a great
team on the road,” JohnsonLynch said.
With the digging numbers
up, the Cyclones have been
able to get more opportunities
for outside hitters Victoria
Henson and Carly Jenson to
get swings this season. The
Henson-Jenson duo led the
Cyclones on Wednesday with
18 and 15 kills respectively.
“We got a lot of attacks that
way when we get a lot of balls
up so it makes it a lot easier for
[setter Alison Landwehr], she
gets a lot more opportunities
to set the ball so then every set
we get better,” Henson said.
The recent improvements
on defense have transitioned
Iowa State’s Jordan Bishop takes the ball and maneuvers around an Iowa player Sept. 17 at the
ISU Soccer Complex. Photo: Samantha Butler/Iowa State Daily
Iowa State rallies over
recent performance
By Cory.Weaver
iowastatedaily.com
Iowa State’s Caitlin Mahoney defends during the Cyclones’ game
against Iowa on Sept. 10. File photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State
Daily
nicely for the Cyclones offensively as they continue to lead
the Big 12 in hitting percentage at .283.
Next up for JohnsonLynch’s squad are the
Oklahoma Sooners. The
Sooners (10-3, 2-0 in Big 12)
came into this season ranked
right behind the Cyclones at
fourth in the pre-season Big
12 poll.
The Sooners finished
fourth in the Big 12 last season and were bounced out of
the first round of the NCAA
Tournament by No. 15 USC.
The Cyclones swept the
Sooners last season, with a 3-1
victory on the road and a 3-0
sweep at Hilton Coliseum.
“They have a couple of
lefties on their team, which is
always difficult to prepare for
and they’ve always been a great
defensive team,” JohnsonLynch said. “We have to make
sure not to get frustrated by
them keeping the ball in the air
for some long rallies.”
DIGS.p7 >>
vs.
Iowa State
(9-2, 2-1)
Oklahoma
(10-3, 2-0)
Where: Ames High Gymnasium
When: 2 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 25
Media coverage: For live
in-match analysis from
Iowa State Daily reporters Kelsey Jacobs and
Jake Calhoun, check out
iowastatedaily.com.
Notes: Oklahoma leads
the all-time series between the teams, 41-24.
Iowa State, ranked No.
10, has spent 22 straight
weeks in the top 25.
The Cyclones haven’t lost
to an unranked opponent
since Nov. 22, 2008 against
Oklahoma.
Iowa State had a seasonhigh 86 digs against Baylor
on Wednesday.
Iowa State plans for a better result this
weekend when it finishes its non-conference
play Friday at South Dakota State and starts
the Big 12 season against Kansas at home
Sunday.
Last Friday’s loss to Iowa was not a game
to remember by any means, but the Cyclones
took away a few things from it they hope will
help them come away with a couple wins.
“We got outworked in that game from the
first goal on, and we didn’t win physical battles,” said coach Wendy Dillinger. “I think with
a young team, to give up a goal like we did and
to respond a little bit tougher and stronger,
those are the things we got out of that night.”
Junior defender and co-captain Emily
Hejlik said the Cyclone defense has improved
since Friday’s loss, and have worked to fix
their visible weaknesses.
“We went over film as three different
groups; defense, offense, and another group,
and we really got to breakdown the breakdowns and the goals and what led up to them
and it was good to actually see and know what
we have to fix.”
Prior to the Iowa game, the Cyclones had
only allowed four goals all season, something
the team had really taken pride in.
The offense wasn’t able to get going Friday
either, but senior midfielder and co-captain
Jordan Bishop has an answer.
“We have been doing a lot of combination
play in practices and we’ve watched a lot of film
and we’ve seen where the same mistakes have
been made over and over again,” Bishop said.
Iowa State’s attacking offense has proved
vs.
Iowa State South Dakota
State
(5-2-2)
(4-1-3)
Where: University of Sioux Falls Soccer
Complex
When: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24
Notes: Game was supposed to be played in
Brookings, S.D., site of the SDSU campus,
but heavy rainfall has forced the game
60 miles to the south, and near the Iowa
border.
The Jackrabbits haven’t lost since Aug. 29,
and are 1-1-1 in their last three meetings
against the Cyclones.
In 2009, SDSU visited the ISU Soccer Park
and fought to a 1-1 double overtime draw.
to leave them vulnerable to good counter-attacking teams like Iowa, and Bishop said some
things are still being tweaked.
“We’re trying to see where the most effective players are playing in different positions
and how they can make a difference,” Bishop
said. “We’re going to try some things and hopefully have a more set formation by Sunday for
Kansas for sure.”
Iowa State’s first game will come against
South Dakota State at 7:10 p.m. Friday in Sioux
Falls, S.D. The game was originally supposed
to be on the Jackrabbits’ campus in Brookings,
but heavy rainfall has moved the game to the
CONFERENCE.p7 >>
8 | NATION | Iowa State Daily | Friday, September 24, 2010
Philanthropy
Investigation
Tycoon donates $100M
Diplomat found
with throat slashed
Facebook founder
utilizes vast fortune
to assist school system
By Colleen Long
Associated Press Writer
By Geoff Mulvihill
and Samantha Henry
Associated Press Writer
NEWARK, N.J. — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is about to make
a lot of new friends: The 26-year-old
tycoon is pouring $100 million of
his staggering fortune into Newark’s
blighted school system after hitting
it off with the mayor of the povertystricken city.
The donation — which is being announced today on Oprah Winfrey’s show
— instantly establishes Zuckerberg as
one of high-tech’s biggest philanthropists and comes just ahead of the release
of “The Social Network,” a movie that
paints an unflattering portrait of the boy
wonder of the Internet.
The arrangement brings together the
young entrepreneur, Newark’s celebrated Democratic mayor and a governor
who has become a star of the Republican
Party. And it underscores how the remaking of the nation’s urban schools has
become a popular cause among young
philanthropists.
“What you’re seeing is for the under-40 set, education reform is what
feeding kids in Africa was in 1980,” said
Derrell Bradford, executive director of
the Newark-based education reform
group Excellent Education for Everyone.
“Newark public schools are like the new
Live Aid.”
Last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation announced $290 million in
education grants, including $100 million for the school system in Tampa, Fla.,
and $90 million for the Memphis, Tenn.,
district.
The Gates Foundation also has given
more than $150 million to New York City
schools over the past eight years.
Exactly how Zuckerberg’s donation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the social network site’s new privacy
settings May 26 in Palo Alto, Calif. Schools in New Jersey are poised to receive $100
million from the CEO. File photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press
will be used in Newark — a school system
with about 40,000 students and a budget
this year of $940 million — has not been
disclosed.
The district has been plagued for
years by low test scores, poor graduation rates and crumbling buildings, and
was taken over by the state in 1995 after
instances of waste and mismanagement,
including the spending of taxpayer money by school board members on cars and
restaurant meals.
Zuckerberg grew up in Dobbs
Ferry, N.Y., graduated from Phillips
Exeter Academy in New Hampshire
in 2002 and attended Harvard before dropping out to work full time on
Facebook.
He has no connection to Newark
other than knowing Mayor Cory Booker,
a charismatic 41-year-old politician who
has the ear of President Barack Obama
and has helped the city get major donations from Winfrey and New Jersey’s
Jon Bon Jovi.
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The donation was first reported
Wednesday night by The Star-Ledger
of Newark. An official familiar with the
plan confirmed it to The Associated
Press on Thursday. The official spoke on
condition of anonymity because those
involved were told not to steal the thunder from Winfrey’s show.
Zuckerberg is ranked by Forbes
magazine as the 35th wealthiest
American, with a net worth of $6.9
billion. That makes him richer than
Apple’s Steve Jobs and News Corp.’s
Rupert Murdoch.
Facebook has 500 million users and
is valued by Forbes at $23 billion.
Some suggested that altruism was
not the only thing behind the gift.
The announcement comes a week before “The Social Network” opens widely.
The movie, whose tagline is “You don’t
get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies,” portrays Zuckerberg
as taking the idea for Facebook from other Harvard students.
NEW YORK
— A
Nicaraguan diplomat whose
throat had been slashed was
found dead Thursday by his
driver, who was picking him up
for the United Nations General
Assembly’s annual meeting.
Cesar Mercado, 34, was
found at 10:35 a.m. in his
apartment in the Bronx. The
driver found the door ajar
and Mercado’s body lying just
inside the blood-spattered
apartment, police said.“The
knife was found on the
floor next to him,” said Paul
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Murders
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shakes investigators
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Associated Press Writer
MANCHESTER, Tenn.
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killing his girlfriend and her
two young children, stuffing
their corpses into garbage
bags and hiding them in a closet for days. A neighbor says he
noticed an unusual stillness at
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Virgo: Reconsider Your Intentions.
Today’s birthday (9/24/10). This
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Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today
is a 6 -- To make this the best day so
far this week, spend time in an exotic
location, even if it’s just around the
corner. Your partner helps you discover
balance.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7
-- Today’s luck comes in the form of
awareness. Balanced between magic
and logic, you choose whichever
satisfies your heartsong. Then do the
practical work.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today
is a 7 -- Your personal sense of
responsibility seems to interfere with
the desires of others. Reconsider your
intentions before drawing a line in the
sand.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is
a 7 -- Use all your intellectual talents
and skills to manage a power struggle
at work. Avoid getting in the middle
between two emotional volcanos.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is
a 7 -- As you learn secrets, bring them
into the open and request others to
explain. That way each person presents
their side and gets heard. Listen.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today
is a 5 -- To finish work on time, follow
your intuition. A shortcut saves
everyone a lot of energy. Spend a little
extra to save days of work.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is
a 6 -- Today you arrive at a point where
your responsibilities overtake your
optimism. Don’t lose faith. You’ll get
through this just fine.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today
is a 6 -- Take time to contemplate your
next action, even if it means closing the
door to prevent interruption. This way
you meet your own needs.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is
a 7 -- Let someone else take charge of
everything you can possibly delegate.
This leaves you time to handle
unexpected surprises. You may have
a few.
The average student spends over $720
eating out in a year and the average faculty or staff
member spends around $1,272.
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To the goofy kid in my
psych class who’s wiggling
to the beat of his blaring
iPod: Knock it off. I’ve been
annoyed all day, and your
satisfied smile would make
a great stress ball.
...
Your fat hanging below the
shirt is a “no-no.” Tuck it in!
Just saying...
...
Neighbor, please turn your
alarm off the next time
you decide to get drunk
and pass out enough not
to hear if going off for two
hours the next morning!!
...
Kidding the the periodicals
room...REALLY?!? Get a
tier.
...
To the people who wlak
down the sidewalk three
wide, I am 6’4” 290lbs
and am not afraid to walk
into you, same goes for
bicycles, so learn a little
common courtesy and
share the sidewalk.
...
To the guy I sat next to
in Psych 301, yeah I saw
you trying to be sneaking
and pick your nose, NOT
COOL. Also not cool?
Flicking it in my direction.
Saw that too.
...
If your jeans came with
“distressed” rips from the
pocket to the knee and
from the knee to mid shin,
they defeat the purpose of
being pants. Wear shorts
and save us wondering
if you own a mirror. Just
sayin’
...
Cancer and economics
don’t go well together in a
joke... Professor
...
If you’re old enough to
vote in this country, you’re
too old to ride a foldable
scooter to class. just sayin’
...
To the guy dressed like
Justin Bieber..dud Just
Bieber attracts tweens not
college girls..get a good
look.
...
To the guy worried about
the squirrel attacking him...I
think the squirrel is more
worried about finding its
nuts.
...
To the people in GEO 101,
take off your sunglasses..
YOUR INSIDE its rude and
you look stupid..just sayin’
...
Is it sad that I only go to
class because I’m hot for
my teacher??
...
To the professors who don’t
speak English. Rosetta
Stone. Just sayin’
...
To the guy in the gray
sweater, I thought you were
cute until you bent over and
I saw four inches of your
tighty whites..Eww
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